The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-03-15
BrsMAKuK.,
Cartons Souvenirs Of the Iron Chancellor From

Translated from the Figaro Tor the New
Orleans Times-D Democrat. =,
Our political understanding with
the German empire having become
more satisfactory after the close OF
1870, / deemed it well to renew with
Herr Won Bismarck the relations
which had ceased after 1866, and left
for Gastein.
The three weeks which | passed
there with him form one OF the most
agreeable souvenirs ofmyexistence. We
lived together at the Straubinger
Hotel, and passed the time IN each
others company. When one is on
good terms with Bismarck, he is the
most agreeable, the most amiable man
possible to imagine. The originality
of his ideas is surpassed only by the
originality of the expressions which he
uses. He is good.natured, and his
good-naturei manner somewhat soft
ems the bitterness OF the opinions
which he utters. One OF his favorite
expressions is; "He's an idiot" (c'est
un imbecile) but he does not intend
to hurt ones feelings.
One day he said to me: "What do
you do when things don't go as you
want them to? you should never lose
your temper as / do. ! am an
gered with men for their wickednesi,
never for their stupidity. DO you
never find n real pleasure in breaking
utt,h Ginngo With
the ideas you have, you would smash
all the furniture in tho house II you
were in my place
al went once TO see him one day."
continued Bismarck, pointing, Ms he
spoke, to the windows OF the Emperor
William, "but | got into an internal
passion. banged the door with such
violence that the door-knob came off
in my hand went into i4ehndori's,
and slammed the door.knob into
the wash-basn, breaking it into %
thousand pieces. Are you sick?
Lenhdorf asked me. No, said |, but
was And, indeed, my anger was
over"
He talked to me q great deal about
the war of $50, and his negotiations
with Jules Favre and Theirs. 'The
time OF the expiration OF the armls-
tice was nearly over" Bismarck said
to me one day, land ] said TO Theirs,
Listen, Monsieur Theirs, have born
your eloquence for n whole hour, and
we must have an end of it. ] give
you warning now that / won't talk
French any more; shall only talk
German But, monsieur, said Theirs,
l.. 4 I'D ,,gp1 Of l,ap.
man.. THAT makes no difference to me;
shall speak nothing but German
Then and there Theirs delivered me'a
suberb address, in five parts, which |
listened to, smiling, and | answered
hun i'm German. Favre and he remain
ed there hall an hour IN silence; but an
hour after they had signed the proto-
col. Then at once began to talk to
them in French"
Bismarck told me all this in just
such tone Us one ordinarily uses in
telling hunting-story. He did not
seem to have the least idea Of the
mental tortures which the two wretch
ed French delegates must have passed
through during that half-hour.
He also told me one day that after
the review held by tho Emperor Will
lam upon the Longchamps race. course.
man in q blouse came up to him
and said to him.: Bismarck, ties une
canaille!" bismarck, you're q vii.
laini). al could have had him shot"
!. continued Bismarck; "but his courage
! made an impression on me-"
y Another time he told me that he
had been very nrnch opposed 20 the
annexation OF Metz.
al only yielded to the military par
ty," said he, "who claimed that Metz
was worth hundred thousand men
to us. OH il Bazaine had been able
to hold out four weeks longer at Metz
we would have. been obliged to raise
the siege OF Paris"
Otherwise it is very difficult to put
confidence in Bismarck. One day
when we we're talking about the Ger
man provinces OF Austria asked him
il he had never thought of anney!ne
them. THAT would be q very stupid
thing to do" he replied. 1.-THE popu-
lation Is Catholic. IL would form an
opposition center. II would be a
great deal better 20 annex Holland"
Several months later ! was an am
bassador at London. The Dutch
charge d'affaires, who had just ar
rived from Berlin. told me by chance
that one evening when he had asked
Herr Won Bismarck whether it was
true that Germany thought OF annex
ing Holland the chancellor had an
swered him: THAT would be a stu
pid thing to dol 1t would only make
an imposition center. 1t would be